Windows2000 Hidden Drive

How can I prevent others from installing software and deleting files on your computer by hiding the drive?

First, the setting method

1, in Windows 2000/XP has a disk management function, we can open "Control Panel → Performance and Maintenance → Management Tools → Computer Management" In the list on the left side of the Computer Management window, select the Disk Management item under Storage. The right window will list all the disk partitions on the machine and their usage.

2, right click on the name of the drive to be hidden, select "Change drive name and path" in the pop-up shortcut menu, click the "Delete" button in the pop-up window, the confirmation dialog box pops up Select the "Yes" button in it.

3, then enter "My Computer", you will find that the disk has disappeared

4, if you want to restore the hidden drive, or right click here is hidden The drive (although you can't see the disk elsewhere, but you can see it in "Computer Management", but the place where the drive letter is gray), select "Change drive name and path", then In the "Change" dialog box that pops up, click the "Add" button and select the disk number of the drive in the "Assign the following drive letter" drop-down list.

5, through the above method, although the purpose of hiding the drive is achieved, but we must also change step 4 every time we want to access the drive, for which we can use the following method to map a directory Into the drive.

After deleting the drive, right-click on the drive that has been deleted, select "Change drive name and path", then click "Add", click "Install in the "Add Drive Letter and Path" window. Enter the following blank NTFS folder, then click Browse to select a blank folder, and finally click OK.

Note that the selected folder must be a blank folder built on the NTFS file system, and the selected folder should not be placed in an obvious location. In the future, you can access the hidden drive by opening the folder. For those who don't know, you can't access the drive.

Second, modify the registry method

Hide the CD-ROM drive letter, open the registry editor, open the following key values ​​(if not, create new)

HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwarewindowscurrentVersionPolicesExplorerNoDrives

The setting value is (hexadecimal) as follows:

Do not hide any disk 00000000

Hide A disk 01000000

Hide B disk 02000000

Hide C drive 04000000

Hide D drive 08000000

Hide E drive 10000000

Hide F drive 20000000

Hide G drive 40000000

Hide H disk 80000000

Hide I disk 00010000

Hide J disk 00020000

Hide K disk 00040000

Hide L disk 00080000

.......

and so on

Hide Z disk 00000002

Hide all drives FFFFFFFF

Third, use optimization master or Software such as magic settings

This method is very simple, you can easily get it with software, There will not repeat them.